Defense Grid: The Awakening
Hidden Path Entertainment · Dec 8, 2008
Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.
View on Steam- Price
- $9.99
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- Positive
- 96% of 4,550
- Playing now
- 40
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genre
- Indie, Strategy
Tower DefenseStrategySci-fiSingleplayerIndieAliensFuturisticAddictiveTouch-FriendlyReplay ValueAdventureAction
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Defense Grid: The Awakening system requirements (PC)
minimum
- Supported OS: Windows XP, Vista
- Processor: 1.8GHz CPU or higher
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Hard disk space: 1GB available space
- DirectX version: DirectX 9.0c or higher, June 2008 version or later
- Video: Video: DirectX 9 video card with shader 2 support such as the following:
- ATI Radeon 9600 or newer (9600-9800, X300-X1950, HD 2400-HD 4870)
- NVIDIA GeForce 6100 or newer (6100-6800, 7100-7950, 8300-8800, 9600-9800, or GTX 216-280)
recommended
- Supported OS: Windows XP, Vista
- Processor: dual core 2.0GHz CPU or higher
- Memory: 1GB RAM XP, 1.5GB RAM Vista
- Hard disk space: 1GB available space
- DirectX version: DirectX 9.0c or higher, June 2008 version or later
- Video: DirectX 9 video card with shader 3 support and 256MB VRAM such as the following:
- ATI Radeon X700 or newer (X700-X1950, HD 2400-HD 4870)
- NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or newer (7600-7950, 8300-8800, 9600-9800, or GTX 216-280)
- Controller: Optionally supports Microsoft Game Controller for Windows
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